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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MILTON SANDERS AND WILLIAM A. STAMATS, OF MORRISVILLE, OHIO; SAIDSANDERS ASSIGNOR TO SAID STAMATS.

DISH FOR TABLE USE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,631, dated October18, 1887.

Application filed February 2, 1887.

.To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES MILTON SAN- DERS and WILLIAM A. STAMA'IS,both of Morrisville, in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvernent in Dishes for Table Use, of whichthe following is a full, cleanand exact description.

This invention consists in a dish of novel construction for table use,provided with various receptacles or projections, substantially ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim, whereby increasedconveniences are afforded and one and the same dish answers severaluses.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a dish embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same upon the line 00 xin Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a transverse section at right angles to Fig. 2upon the line y 3 in Fig. 1.

The dish, which may be made of earthenware, porcelain, or any othersuitable material, is generally of flat contour, with a bowl, A, of anydesired size and depth for holding the viands to be served or placedupon the dish, of which letter 1) indicates the front.

Upon opposite sides of the bowl portion A are wings or flanges B B, ofconcave or re cessed construction on their uppersurfaces, and arrangedto run in the direction of from front to back of the dish. Theserecessed flanges or portions serve to hold, respectively,

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the one the fork and the other the knife of the person using the dish,when said articles are not being utilized.

At the back of the dish is another flange, wing, or receptacle,O, forholding the napkin, bread, refuse of the meal, or other articles orsubstanees,as may be found convenient. This flange or wing has a raisedrim, 0, which serves to prevent the article or materials placed upon itfrom slipping off.

A plate or dish thus constructed will be found exceedingly convenientboth for family and other use, and will serve to preserve neatness atthe table and to prevent soiling of the table-cloth.

We are aware that a separate and detachable fork-and-knife-holding shelfor attachment has before been applied to the edge of a dish; also, thata dish or plate consisting of three or more food-receptacles, a holderfor cup or glass, and a handle has before been used; neither of suchtherefore do we claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The dish constructed with a bowl portion, A, side wings or flanges,B B,of concave construction transversely on their upper surfaces throughouttheir length, and a back wing, flange, or receptacle, 0, essentially asshown and described, and for the purposes herein set forth.

JAMES MILTON SANDERS. \VILLIAM A. STAMATS. \Vitnesses:

M. A. BE'rTs, A. H. Emma

